00:00From the town of Port Hedland to the Shire of Koolgaardy, Local Government Minister Hannah Beasley has had her work cut out.
00:12I've made no secret around the fact that I am disturbed by those few players who are causing serious dysfunction in the local government sector.
00:20In her latest intervention, the Minister has issued a show-cause notice to the Shire of Koolgaardy, giving it 21 days to show why it shouldn't be suspended.
00:31The Minister says the government's been extremely concerned about its financial position and management for some time.
00:38The Shire themselves have spoken about around $27 million worth of debt.
00:43When you have a ratepayer base of just a couple of thousand ratepayers, that is a serious debt to revenue ratio.
00:50At a council meeting late today, several councillors pushed back against the notice, saying they had made progress in turning around their finances and were on the right track.
01:01The threat of suspension follows major upheaval at the town of Port Hedland, which is expected to be taken over by one or more commissioners after Mayor Peter Carter quit.
01:11History repeating itself, he did the same six years ago.
01:15Basically dissolving the council and giving the town a complete reset, I think it's the best move.
01:20The turmoil comes on the back of the takeover of Nedlands Council.
01:25I believe that our reputation is something that's built from a lot more than three local governments out of 139.
01:32I'd have to say that there's 136 local governments that are doing really well, so I'd say that in actual fact our reputation is sound.
01:40The chaos comes at an unfortunate time.
01:43The minister has been trying to encourage more people to run in local government elections in October.
01:49She's hoping good people will see the need to step up now more than ever.
01:55The 94 has been happening because of the lack of security I mentioned before.
01:57The captiveness is being conducted while training players in the 1960s.
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02:02The
02:17League of Mob security is not being conducted.
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